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Cronyism in games journalism.
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![Gamergate (harassment campaign) Article Talk From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia For other uses, see Gamergate (disambiguation). Gamergate or GamerGate (GG)[¹] was a loosely organized misogynistic online harassment campaign and a right-wing backlash against feminism, diversity, and progressivism in video game culture. [2][³] It was conducted using the hashtag "#Gamergate" primarily in 2014 and 2015.[1][4][5][6] Beginning in August 2014, Gamergate targeted women in the video game industry, most notably feminist media critic Anita Sarkeesian and video game developers Zoë Quinn and Brianna Wu, among others.[7][8][9][10][11] The harassment campaign included doxing, r--- threats, and death threats.[12][13][14] Gamergate proponents ("Gamergaters") stated that they were a social movement, but lacked well-defined goals, a coherent message, and leaders, making Gamergate difficult to define.[15][16][17] Gamergaters claimed to promote ethics in video games journalism, claimed to be protecting the "gamer" identity, and opposed what they asserted as "political correctness" in video games.[18][19][20][21][22] Read Date Target Gamergate, online harassment campaign in 2014-15 that targeted women in the video game industry. The attacks were attributed largely to white male right-wing gamers who railed against the rise and influence of women and feminism in the industry. Gamergate served as a recruiting tool for the growing alt-right movement and helped spur the online “Pizzagate" conspiracy theory, which soon spawned the wider QAnon conspiracy movement. …………………………....…..……….…..... Attack type Victims Motive View source Inquiry XA 28 languages ✓ Perpetrators Internet trolls, particularly from 4chan, Internet Relay Chat, and 8chan View history Tools ✓ Gamergate August 2014 - 2015 Women in the video game industry See all media Online harassment campaign Zoë Quinn, Anita Sarkeesian, Brianna Wu, and others Gamergaters created conspiracy theories falsely accusing Quinn of an unethical relationship with video game journalist Nathan Grayson.[23][24][25] More broadly, they alleged unethical collusion between the press and feminists, progressives, and social critics.[17][26] [27] These claims were widely dismissed as trivial, conspiracy theories, baseless, or unrelated to actual issues of ethics in gaming and journalism.[28] [29][30] Gamergate supporters frequently denied that the harassment took place, falsely claiming it to be manufactured by the victims.[31][32] Misogyny anti-feminism anti- progressivism FBI investigation Gamergate has been described as a culture war over cultural diversification, artistic recognition, feminism in video games, social criticism in video games, and the social identity of gamers.[28][33] [34] [35] Many supporters of Gamergate opposed the increasing influence of feminism and so-called "social justice warriors" on video game culture. [2][36] Gamergate led figures both inside and outside the gaming industry to focus on methods of addressing online harassment, ways to minimize harm, and prevent similar events. [37] [38] [39] [40] Gamergate has been viewed as a contributor to the alt-right and other right- wing movements.[21][41] Video game developer Brianna Wu](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/list/002/691/215/331.png "What the actual f--- are we supposed to do about this")
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![↑ [-] ithinkineedanap 36 points 3 hours ago And those guys are still head and shoulders over the blog news. I remember when Gamergate hit and all these people were totally outraged that "journalists" who worked for sites whose entire revenue stream came from companies whose products they reviewed, were biased! who would have thunk it? 100% ad supported news is always biased. It can't help but be, because you the viewer are the product being sold, not the news People weren't surprised, they just decided to start doing something about it after there appeared to be a coordinated smear campaign against their own audience. There'd been a climate growing for years, such as the Kane & Lynch debacle or Doritos pope. I mean Nintendo Power was a beloved magazine and it was just Nintendo supplied marketing everyone knew that, but was a kind of line between selling something and outright demeaning your audience. People in gaming were well aware of that overlap between "journalism" and marketing, since after all it's an entertainment medium. You get the same thing in music or movie journalism as well But you also had more to the context. You also had the long-running and seemingly unending smear campaign by mainstream media against gaming, since it's origins. And you had the resurgence of politically correct ideologies, fueled by social media, that had already created controversies among other communities, notably atheism and comics What happened with Gamergate is that the gaming journalism outlets, or at least several notable ones, outright turned on their demos, all seemingly in the name of political ideologies, and it was just the last straw. To make matters worse, the mainstream media just ran with that as well, where now gamers weren't just the violence obsessed social outcasts, but misogynistic racists as well. And the gaming demographic decided to stand up for themselves Whether the outlets are biased or not is less relevant, as there's nothing wrong with a consumer demographic deciding to hold those outlets accountable when they can, whether it's providing disclosure or other such measures, it has been Working perma link embed parent ↑ [-] tardayanami 5 points 1 hour ago This was amazing, thank you perma link embed parent ↑ [-] ehManiacal 15 points 3 hours ago Some of the worst offenders in the "gaming media" even have journalism experience and degrees too. Many gamers haven't considered gaming media real journalism for a long time and it largely is not perma link embed parent ↑ [-] ithinkineedanap 3 points 2 hours ago That's true a flash point with the combination of the "social justice" element as well. It may have appeared to pop up relatively overnight, but the climate had been ripe for a while Generally people are aware of what "gaming journalism" is about. Just look at the hype for new games and such where people voluntarily as part of a hobby will seek out any and all new information about a game. I mean they're just getting hyped over a product for months, and largely helping companies market their products by talking about them. People know that, and you see it in other tech areas and entertainment as well Where it crossed a line was when that media started bashing and insulting their audience. And those readers/consumers basically said "f--- this." nd people in gaming have been critical of that for a while. Gamergate only ha ned as things hit kind of perma link embed parent](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/005/001/fbe.png_large "How GamerGate started.")
![#GamerGate erklart in fünf Minuten oder Geld zurück #GamerGate ist ein Aufschrei nach Transparenz und einer Ethikreform im Videospieljournalismus, der schon seit geraumer Zeit ansteht und durch die neuste Kontroverse ausgelöst wurde Was war der Anstoß für diese Bewegung gegern Ethikbrüche im Spieljournalismus? Ein Projekt namens The Fine Young Capitalists (TFYC) versuchte durch eine Spendenkampagne Frauen den Einstieg in die Videospielindustrie zu ermöglichen. Eine Spielentwicklerin nutzte ihren Einfluss um dieses Projekt zu unterbinden. THE FINE Tage später erstellte dieselbe Entwicklerin ihre eigene konkurrierende Spendenkampagne. Mit ihr befreundete Videospieljournalisten berichteten über ihre Kampagne erwähnten TFYC's Initiative jedoch mit keinem Wort. http://apgnation.com/archives/2014/09/09/6977/truth-gaming-interview-fine-young-capitalists http://bit.ly/ZgnCEt Mehreren Juroren der Videospiel-Preisverleihungen IndieCade und Independent Games Festival (IGF) wurden Interessenkonflikte mit den Gewinnern nachgewiesen: Zwei Juroren waren Sexualpartner einer IndieCade Gewinnerin. Sieben waren Investoren eines IGF Gewinners und hatten finanzielles Interesse an dessen positiver http://gamesnosh.com/fez-investors-outed-judges-2011-igf-award http://bit.ly/1uBZPJN Gamer versuchten diese und ähnliche Enthüllungen in Online-Foren zu diskutieren. Themen und Kommentare über bestimmte prominente Persönlichkeiten wurden auf namhaften Gamingseiten, sowie größeren öffentlichen Foren (wie z.B reddit, 4chan oder NeoGAF) massenhaft geloscht. -1 Tdelete sa minutes ago t-1 【deleted] 1 hour ago [deleted) Gamer - wütend darüber zum Schweigen gebracht zu werden recherchierten weiter und verlangten Antworten. -1 Idelebed)& hour ago deleted http://knowyourmeme.com/photos/813699-quinnspiracy http://bit.ly/1AMq80Z Gamingseiten antworteten mit Artikeln die den , Tod der Gamer" als Identitat verkünden und jeden der sich Gamer Gamers' are over. nennt als Frauenhasser darstellen, da manche der in den Ergebnissen der Recherchen kritisierten Personen Diese vierzehn "Anti-Gamer Artikel erschienen am 28.08.2014 und teilten ähnliche Intentionen: Eine koordinierte Bemühung die Aufmerksamkeit von Ethikbrüchen auf angeblichen Frauenhass abzulenken. Diese fand offenbar durch die Mailgruppe 'GameJournoPro statt, die vor Kurzem enthüllt wurde und unprofessionelle Vorgehensweisen der Journalisten aufzeigt. http://pastebin.com/dWzF8Eqd Die Allgemeinheit der Gamer vereinte sich auf Twitter unter dem Hashtag #GamerGate um Neuigkeiten. Boykottlisten für Anti-Gamer Seiten, mehr Beweise für Ethikbrüche und errungene en. #GamerGate wurde vorgeworfen ausschlieBlich aus weien. frauenhassenden und heterosexuellen Männern unterstützt zu werden. #NoYourShield entstand um durch pers niche Erklärungen die Vielfalt der Gruppe darzulegen und den uninformierten Kritikern zu zeigen, dass sie im Unrecht sind, wenn sie sich hinter leeren Vorwürfen von Sexismus, Rassismus, etc verstecken. https://twitter.com/search for #GamerGate and #NotYourShield Viele Spielentwickler unterstützten #GamerGate beim Hinterfragen der Medien und der Verteidigung gegen deren haltlose "Frauenhass" Hetzkampagne. Im Zusammenhang mit GamerGate hört man auch den Begriff der sogenannten Social Justice Warrior (SJW). Diese sind eine laute Untergruppe der Anti-Gamergate Seite, die jede Diskussion mit scheinheiligen Argumenten und dem Vorwurf falscher Moral unterbricht. Sie sind schon in der Vergangenheit durch Mobbing und manchmal Existenzen ruinierende Nachrede gegen Spielentwickler und nun auch die Unterstützer der ung aufgefallen. Beispiele sind Beleidigungen, das Verbreiten von Vergewaltigungsvorwürfen, Anrufe bei Vorgesetzten Veröffentlichen von Privatadressen und dem Senden einer gefüllten Spritze an einen pro-GG Journalisten. http://techraptor.net/2014/09/12/interview-daniel-vavra/ http://bit.ly/1DØBfr1 Helft uns Videospieljournalismus zu verbessern faire Reviews zu sichern, künstlerische Freiheit zu verteidigen, und politische Agenden aus unseren Spielen und Medien fernzuhalten! Unterstützt #GamerGate Mehr aktuelle Infos? Hier: https://www.reddit.com/r/KotakuInAction/ http://bit.ly/1m3007f 4chan /v/'s GitHub https://github. com/GamerGate0P/GamerGateOP http://bit.ly/1tDu5Ga KnowYourMeme's archives http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/events/gamergate http://bit.ly/1u7Su5B](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/list/000/840/964/08f.jpg "Gamergate - German translation")
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